2005 Anniversaries

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Some historical anniversaries of note which take place this year:

* 700th anniversary of the death of William Wallace (1305)
* 550th anniversary of the printing of the Gutenberg Bible (1455)
* 500th anniversary of the founding of Christ's College, Cambridge (1505)
* 500th anniversary of the birth of John Knox (1505, date is disputed)
* 450th anniversary of the martyrdom of John Rogers, Nicholas Ridley, Hugh Latimer (1555)
* 440th anniversary of the massacre of French Huguenots in Florida (1565)
* 400th anniversary of Theodore Beza's death (1605)
* 400th anniversary of the publication of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's Don Quixote (1605)
* 400th anniversary of Guy Fawke's Gunpowder Plot (1605)
* 300th anniversary of the completion of the French Huguenot Church in Berlin, Germany (1705)
* 230th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord and Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty" speech
* 200th anniversary of the birth of Hans Christian Anderson (1805)
* 140th anniversary of the end of the War Between the States (1865) (and the only known month in history without a full moon -- February 1865)
* 100th anniversary of the promulgation of Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity (1905)
* 100th anniversary of the independence of Norway (1905)
* 70th anniversary of the Social Security (1935)
* 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan, the end of WWII, and the creation of the United Nations (1945)
* 40th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council (1965)
* 20th anniversary of Calvin and Hobbes (1985)

Any other anniversaries of note which should be listed here?


[Edited on 8-15-2005 by VirginiaHuguenot]

 

[Puritanhead]

2nd Anniversary of my leaving law school long before finishing... I am still broke and penniless, with loads of debt...

 

[PuritanCovenanter]

450th anniversary of the martyrdom of John Rogers, Nicholas Ridley, Hugh Latimer (1555)

My heroes.

Latimer's final words.....

"Be of good cheer, Master Ridley, and play the man, for we shall this day light such a candle in England as I trust by God' grace shall never be put out."

[Edited on 8-15-2005 by puritancovenanter]

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

As 2005 draws to a close, are there any more anniversaries worthy of note this year?

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Originally posted by VirginiaHuguenot
As 2005 draws to a close, are there any more anniversaries worthy of note this year?

Moving on to 2006.